DEA Archived Press Releases

Press Releases before January 20, 2025
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Seattle Man Sentenced To Nine Years In Prison For Dealing High Powered Narcotic While Possessing Multiple Firearms

SEATTLE - A Seattle man who had a home loaded with drugs, guns and cash, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Seattle to nine years in prison. Bernard Amin Mustafa III, 37, was arrested April 19, 2012, when agents with a search warrant found multiple drugs, fentanyl, cocaine...
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Owner Of Marijuana Storefront Sentenced To Prison For Drug Dealing

SEATTLE - Jing Jing Mo, 32-year-old Seattle woman who co-owned and operated two marijuana storefronts was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Seattle to 42 months in prison for conspiracy to distribute marijuana and conspiracy to engage in money laundering. Mo was a co-owner of Seattle Cannabis Cooperative with...
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Drug Trafficker Receives 19 Year Prison Sentence For Two Cocaine Conspiracies

APRIL 09 - ANCHORAGE, Alaska - On April 8, 2013, Derneval Rodnell Dimmer, 36, was sentenced in U.S. District Court to 228 months in prison for his involvement in two separate cocaine investigations. The court also imposed a ten-year period of supervised release that will follow the nineteen-year prison term...
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62 Individuals Indicted For Drug Trafficking In The Municipality Of Arecibo

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - On March 20, 2013, a federal grand jury indicted 62 individuals in four separate indictments as the result of investigations led by the Drug Enforcement (DEA) and the Puerto Rico Police (PRPD), announced today by United States Attorney Rosa Emilia Rodríguez-Vélez. The United States Postal...
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Two Moses Lake Drug Traffickers Sentenced To Lengthy Prison Terms

SPOKANE, Wash. - -Isidro Madrigal-Galvan, 20, and Renee Gomez, 24, both of Moses Lake, Washington, were sentenced on March 20, 2013, after being convicted by a jury of conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and other offenses relating to the operation of a methamphetamine trafficking organization. Madrigal-Galvan was sentenced to more than...
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31 Individuals Indicted For Drug Trafficking In The Municipality Of Canovanas

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - On March 7, 2013, a federal grand jury indicted 31 individuals as a result of an investigation led by the Drug Enforcement (DEA) and the Puerto Rico Police (PRPD), announced today by United States Attorney Rosa Emilia Rodríguez-Vélez. The defendants are charged in a five-count...
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Wide Ranging Drug Trafficking Conspiracy Dismantled

SEATTLE - -A drug trafficking organization that distributed large amounts of methamphetamine and heroin from Mexico to Washington state was dismantled today with more than a dozen arrests. The criminal organization spanned a large area of the state with operations ranging from Everett to Vancouver, Washington and from Aberdeen on...
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Owner Of Non-Profit “Club” Charged With Illegal Distribution Of Prescription Narcotics

SEATTLE - -The owner of a South Seattle non-profit “club” that hosted Alcoholics Anonymous meetings was arrested last night for illegal distribution of oxycodone. The investigation revealed that the Nomadian Community Resource (NCRC) on South Orcas Street in Seattle was a hub for prescription drug dealing. Michael Martin Shepard, 64...
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Oregon Man Sentenced For Growing Marijuana In Northern Idaho

COEUR D’ALENE, Idaho - - Justin Edward Egner, 36, of Springfield, Oregon, the fifth defendant in a multi-state marijuana trafficking operation, was sentenced on March 5, 2013, in United States District Court. Egner was sentenced to 40 months in prison followed by four years of supervised release for conspiracy to...
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83 Individuals Indicted For Drug Trafficking In The Municipality Of San Juan

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - On March 1st, 2012, a federal grand jury returned two separate indictments against 83 individuals as a result of two investigations led by the Drug Enforcement (DEA) and the Puerto Rico Police (PRPD), announced today by United States Attorney Rosa Emilia Rodríguez-Vélez. According to the...